Awards for the best wines of the D.O. Ribeira Sacra
The Regulatory Council of the D.O. Ribeira Sacra celebrated the XXVI edition of the Wine Tasting of the D.O. Ribeira Sacra. The tasting panel for this edition was made up of 12 tasters: Ramón García Bernárdez, Mercedes González Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel Martín, Jorge Luis Mazaira Pérez, Antonio Manuel Magallhaes, Alberto Levi, José María Martínez Alonso, Mª Eugenia Medina González, Maira Ratón Fernández, Juan Ángel Fernández Martínez, Rosa Domínguez Domínguez, María Isabel Mijares y García de Pelayo.
In this edition, 79 samples from 31 wineries finally entered the contest. According to the tasting rules, 25 samples participated in the Red Wines category, 15 samples participated in the White Wines category and 39 samples participated in Other Vintages category. After the Final Tasting this Friday, the following wines were awarded at the XXVI Ribeira Sacra Wine Tasting:
In the white wines category:
- Third prize: G Ponte da Boga de Adega Ponte da Boga
- Second prize: Adega Vella de Jorge Feijoo González
- First prize: Peza do Rei de Adega Cachín
- Third prize: Prómine de Bodegas Petrón
- Second prize: Prómine Singular de Bodegas Petrón
- First prize: Instinto Romano, Miguel Pavón Reinoso
In the category Wines of Other Vintages, 39 wines were presented, for which three Gold Medals were established. The awards went to: Don Bernardino 4th Generation Mencía barrel 2018 by Don Bernardino, 12 Adega Vella Mencía barrel 2020 by Jorge Feijoo González and Prómine Singular Mencía 2020 from Bodegas Petrón.
Premiados XXVI Cata de los Vinos de Ribeira Sacra
The authorities present, representatives of the different public administrations, were in charge of handing out the prizes, which consisted of bottles of Gundivós crafts.
The tasters of the tasting panel highlighted the quality of the wines and praised the qualities and characteristics that make differents D.O.R.S. wines:
María Isabel Mijares y García de Pelayo, Founder and vice-president of the Spanish Union of Tasters: “I would highlight the number of nuances in the reds, everyone is starting to personalize their wines, but with a keynote of not losing fidelity to the land and fidelity to a style”.
Alberto Levi, Italian Sommeliers Association: “When you get to know the territory and the landscape first-hand, the wine also communicates better and what is in the glass is better understood. What I liked the most were the wines from the 2021 vintage, which was a very difficult vintage, with less quantity of wine, but of great quality. They are wines that tell the territory of origin very well and cater to the taste of today's consumer, attractiveness, that personality, that tension, that acidity is what the consumer looks for in heroic wines."
Jorge Luis Mazaira Pérez, Technical Director CRDO Valdeorras: “All the wines are very good. In the group we highlighted the wines from other vintages, you could enjoy all of them, for me it was very difficult which could be the best. They all had very high scores because each wine showed different things. It was wonderful".
Panel de Cata